Tuesday, February 10

snow!!!

I know that for those of you that get LOTS of snow this is not a big deal... but for us this is quite a bit of snow... We got approximately 6 inches total in the area that we live in (AZ high desert)... and according to the radio the roads are snow packed and extreme care is encouraged.

The roads were slushy and slick when Hubby went to work last night at about 8:30 pm... the equipment that our county has for snow removal is limited so it took him a while, driving between 10-20 mph all the way. I am still waiting to hear if he is going to Son1 & Sweetee's to sleep, since they live very close to where he works... I suspect his relief may have been late this morning, a lot of people in this area are CA transplants and they don't know how to drive in the white stuff, and they also never give themselves enough time to get places when road conditions are unusual... Kind of irritating...

Here are a couple pictures out our front door about 7:15 this morning...


Last night there was only a 2 hour delay reported for the schools, but I am wondering if they closed them, as I said snow removal is slow, we just don't have enough equipment because while we get snow, it doesn't usually stick...

UPDATE ~ Picture out the back window about 8:15 am; schools closed.


Final update 8:45 ~ Hubby home safe and headed for bed. Sun is out and melting as I type... He had a great time driving home from work this morning... he knows what he is doing/learned to drive in MN/UT... but there were lots of nuts off the roads between here and work he said... we will stay home and snowed in, thank you very much...!

1 comment:

The Duke of Stratford said...

Those are some beautiful pictures! I especially like the snow covered tree. Of course I think it is beautiful because I don't see snow very often.